# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1022 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1023 --- ## [Samantha Bee's Full Frontal: No more :(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samantha-bees-full-frontal-no-more/969856)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samantha-bees-full-frontal-no-more/969856 "2022-08-20T03:16:23Z")
Figuring since I kicked things off, here, might as well wrap it up too. TBS: “A difficult, business-based decision”. okee dokee. Hoping she finds some other platform and start shit-kicking again. --- ## [I got a letter asking me to confirm my interest in being an Officer of Elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-letter-asking-me-to-confirm-my-interest-in-being-an-officer-of-elections/969792)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-letter-asking-me-to-confirm-my-interest-in-being-an-officer-of-elections/969792 "2022-08-20T03:01:25Z")
So, the other day, I got a letter asking me to confirm my interest in being an Officer of Elections for the upcoming midterms, and yes, it had my name on it, not my daffy conspiracy theorist landlord’s. I don’t know whe… --- ## [Louisiana woman forced to either carry headless fetus to term or travel to Florida for an abortion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-woman-forced-to-either-carry-headless-fetus-to-term-or-travel-to-florida-for-an-abortion/969783)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2022, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louisiana-woman-forced-to-either-carry-headless-fetus-to-term-or-travel-to-florida-for-an-abortion/969783 "2022-08-20T01:53:08Z")
This is monstrous. This is what happens when abortion is banned with very narrow exceptions. --- ## [Superheroes sometimes called "The . . ."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superheroes-sometimes-called-the/969894)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superheroes-sometimes-called-the/969894 "2022-08-20T01:51:12Z")
Batman is sometimes referred as The Batman. Similarly: The Hulk The Flash The Wolverine The Green Arrow On the other hand, other superheroes are always just “Name,” never "The (Name). For example Peter Parker is not … --- ## [Not my president, how to handle a illegitimate president found out after they left office?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-my-president-how-to-handle-a-illegitimate-president-found-out-after-they-left-office/969951)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-my-president-how-to-handle-a-illegitimate-president-found-out-after-they-left-office/969951 "2022-08-20T00:01:16Z")
One thing that I am curious is if Trump really won 2016. I suspect some fraud, and find it unusual that the poles projected Hillary, yet Trump won. Some fraud is even more likely with Trump getting caught on tape tryin… --- ## [Why are hospitals so devilishly uncomfortable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-hospitals-so-devilishly-uncomfortable/968722)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-hospitals-so-devilishly-uncomfortable/968722 "2022-08-19T23:57:15Z")
So I recently got back home after a delightful four night stay in one of our local hospitals due to “septic bursitis” and cellulitis around my left elbow/forearm that I apparently got via some insect bite or tiny break i… --- ## [“Shower Thoughts”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-thoughts/969571)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-thoughts/969571 "2022-08-19T21:35:50Z")
I enjoyed this list of deep shower thinking. “The number of people older than you never goes up”, etc. But I think Dopers can probably do better. --- ## [Songs that totally did not happen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-totally-did-not-happen/969417)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 228\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-totally-did-not-happen/969417 "2022-08-19T21:24:09Z")
So which songs describe things that allegedly happened in real life, that totally totally did not happen… I mean Cecilia by Paul Simon: “Making love to Cecilia, I got up to wash my face and when I got back to bed someo… --- ## [Recent(ish) experience with countertop dishwashers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-ish-experience-with-countertop-dishwashers/969802)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-ish-experience-with-countertop-dishwashers/969802 "2022-08-19T19:41:18Z")
A search turned up 3 threads on the topic - two of them 20+ years old, one 8 years old (which I started, actually). The in-laws swear they don’t need a dishwasher. It’s just 2 of them, and they don’t have all that man… --- ## [New Zealand family discovers bodies of two children in abandoned suitcases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-family-discovers-bodies-of-two-children-in-abandoned-suitcases/969934 "2022-08-19T15:38:29Z")
Jesus this would just be a never-ending nightmare --- ## [My hands are clean. Hey nonny nonny nonny! (Movie ID) \[solved after 4 years\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hands-are-clean-hey-nonny-nonny-nonny-movie-id-solved-after-4-years/541253)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hands-are-clean-hey-nonny-nonny-nonny-movie-id-solved-after-4-years/541253 "2022-08-19T14:44:54Z")
I remember seeing a show, possibly a made-for-TV movie in the early-'70s where a woman/girl is singing: My hands are clean My hands are clean Hey nonny nonny nonny I don’t remember the situation. I think she may hav… --- ## [Going to Greece, which island should I go to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-greece-which-island-should-i-go-to/969826)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-greece-which-island-should-i-go-to/969826 "2022-08-19T14:28:51Z")
I’m going to Greece for a week in September. I’m staying 3 nights in Athens and have 4 more nights to figure out what island I should stay at. I’m looking mostly for historical sites, hiking, and maybe one day of scuba … --- ## [If you’re dating, is finding out someone was home-schooled a red flag?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-re-dating-is-finding-out-someone-was-home-schooled-a-red-flag/969723)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-re-dating-is-finding-out-someone-was-home-schooled-a-red-flag/969723 "2022-08-19T13:43:13Z")
Assume you’re single and find out a person you’re interested in dating was home-schooled as a child. Would that raise a red flag? poll What if you find out the person you’re interested in was home-schooled because their… --- ## [What's the most primitive species to have the Fight-or-Flight response?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-primitive-species-to-have-the-fight-or-flight-response/969896)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-primitive-species-to-have-the-fight-or-flight-response/969896 "2022-08-19T13:18:36Z")
The fight or flight response is described as : Wondering how prehistoric is this response in life forms ? Since plants do not move or take “flight” do they have an equivalent response ? Whats the earliest known lifefor… --- ## [Man visiting Milwaukee falls to death, didn't realize drawbridge was opening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-visiting-milwaukee-falls-to-death-didnt-realize-drawbridge-was-opening/969872)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-visiting-milwaukee-falls-to-death-didnt-realize-drawbridge-was-opening/969872 "2022-08-19T12:49:38Z")
A very sad story. Richard Dujardin was visiting from Providence RI. He was looking down at directions on his iPad and was hard of hearing, so probably didn’t notice the drawbridge warning bells or lights. The drawbridge … --- ## [Storage Wars - body parts version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storage-wars-body-parts-version/969782)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storage-wars-body-parts-version/969782 "2022-08-19T12:46:41Z")
“I’ll get a buddy to look at these - good market for body parts at the local flea market.” \< narrator \>: Good thing he didn’t pay and arm and a leg for this storage locker!" ( not actual quotes) --- ## [Does revealing that the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago for top-secret nuclear weapons documents give would-be defendant Trump some legitimate cause for grievance that would help his case?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-revealing-that-the-fbi-raided-mar-a-lago-for-top-secret-nuclear-weapons-documents-give-would-be-defendant-trump-some-legitimate-cause-for-grievance-that-would-help-his-case/969533)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-revealing-that-the-fbi-raided-mar-a-lago-for-top-secret-nuclear-weapons-documents-give-would-be-defendant-trump-some-legitimate-cause-for-grievance-that-would-help-his-case/969533 "2022-08-19T12:41:33Z")
Does revealing that the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago for top-secret nuclear weapons documents give would-be defendant Trump some legitimate cause for grievance that would help his case? At what point would DOJ have to draw the … --- ## [Resources on the moon and Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-on-the-moon-and-mars/969766)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-on-the-moon-and-mars/969766 "2022-08-19T10:32:49Z")
Inspired by a discussion here, I got to thinking: what resource (I assume a mineral) could realistically be discovered on the moon that would make extraction and delivery to Earth financially viable? In what quantities? … --- ## [Question about friction in force diagrams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-friction-in-force-diagrams/969840)
**Author:** [@yearofglad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yearofglad)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-friction-in-force-diagrams/969840 "2022-08-19T09:30:38Z")
I’m doing some impromptu physics tutoring and ran into a question I don’t recall the answer to. Suppose I have a box, and I’m pulling on it in the positive x-direction. I know that gravity acts on the box downward, and … --- ## [What's too "Loony Left" for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-too-loony-left-for-you/969503)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 289\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-too-loony-left-for-you/969503 "2022-08-19T09:30:27Z")
If you generally identify with the liberal or left side of the political spectrum, what is too radical, or quixotic, or nutty, or downright totalitarian for you to support? What’s just too “Brave New World” for your tast… --- ## [Can you teach a cat to swim?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-teach-a-cat-to-swim/968942)
**Author:** [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-teach-a-cat-to-swim/968942 "2022-08-19T08:46:22Z")
This is in case a cat falls into a pool. If it is possible to teach cats, how is it best taught? Just throw the cat into the pool and rescue it if it goes under? :smile\_cat: --- ## [Anybody watching "The Offer"? (You should be.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-the-offer-you-should-be/969900)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-the-offer-you-should-be/969900 "2022-08-19T04:09:01Z")
I knew about this show but didn’t watch it because its premise sounded rather boring to me. But my mother convinced me to watch it It’s basically a limited series that tells the story of all that went on to get the icon… --- ## [Matt Walsh accuses trans person of crimes on twitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-walsh-accuses-trans-person-of-crimes-on-twitter/969267)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-walsh-accuses-trans-person-of-crimes-on-twitter/969267 "2022-08-19T03:44:21Z")
On Twitter, Matt Walsh, a right wing person, has posted and called out a person named Eli Erlick, who seems to be offering to send people extra hormones they have on hand to people near and far. Matt claims hes reportin… --- ## [Okay, let's talk about the Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up To Boston](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-lets-talk-about-the-dropkick-murphys-im-shipping-up-to-boston/969926)
**Author:** [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-lets-talk-about-the-dropkick-murphys-im-shipping-up-to-boston/969926 "2022-08-19T03:40:52Z")
So, this: I’m trying to think of any other song I know with such a contrast in quality between the instrumental parts, and the singing. The instrumental parts are just banging, get me moving every time I h… --- ## [Football Season is Around the Corner (Cheat Sheet Question)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-season-is-around-the-corner-cheat-sheet-question/969906)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-season-is-around-the-corner-cheat-sheet-question/969906 "2022-08-19T03:25:55Z")
Draft night approacheth! I play in a standard PPR fantasy football league and put a lot of faith in cheat sheets you can download from places like ESPN or Sporting News. Is there any specific free cheat sheet you think i… --- ## [YouTube monetizes Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-monetizes-death/967258)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-monetizes-death/967258 "2022-08-19T02:49:52Z")
Ann Reardon (How To Cook That) not only does cooking videos, she also debunks Instagram, TikTok, etc. “life hack” and fake craft videos. She recently uploaded a video about the dangers of “fractal burning”. (Disassemb… --- ## [Door Dash tax calculations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/door-dash-tax-calculations/969879)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/door-dash-tax-calculations/969879 "2022-08-19T02:00:38Z")
On Quora someone asked what taxes he would owe on $4000 of Door Dash gross income. The paragraph below is a response, is it correct? One caveat, the OP did not say how many miles he drove, the responder used 500 miles. … --- ## [Differences in the usage of "bore", etc., between American and U.K. English](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/differences-in-the-usage-of-bore-etc-between-american-and-u-k-english/969317)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/differences-in-the-usage-of-bore-etc-between-american-and-u-k-english/969317 "2022-08-19T01:45:39Z")
There’s a passage in Brideshead Revisited just after Sebastian has unsettled everyone with another one of his drunken scenes, and Julia says to Charles, “what a bore he is!”, and soon thereafter, “how very boring!” In t… --- ## [Japan Wants Young People to Drink More Alcohol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-wants-young-people-to-drink-more-alcohol/969897)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-wants-young-people-to-drink-more-alcohol/969897 "2022-08-19T01:32:50Z")
Apparently young people in Japan aren’t drinking as much as older generations, and it’s causing a drop in tax revenue. --- ## [Do porn stars really have fake blogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-porn-stars-really-have-fake-blogs/969913)
**Author:** [@kcak47mopr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kcak47mopr)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-porn-stars-really-have-fake-blogs/969913 "2022-08-19T01:15:29Z")
yes do porn stars realy have fake blogs to protect them selfs i am asking because i am dating a porn star and one of my friends looked her up and he said there is a blog that says she is married with a kid but the blog i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1021) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1023)